Improvement in stoppers for bottles, barrels



A. MARSH. Stoppers for Bottles and Barrels, &c.

Patented March 5,1872.

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ALFRED MARSH, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO ANNIE MARSH, OF

' SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT lN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES, BARRELS, 85c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,977, dated March 5, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED MARSH, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Stopper for Bottles, Barrels, 850.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents a vertical section of my improved bottle-stopper, the line 0 c, Fig. 2-, indicating the plane of section. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of the key required for its extraction. Fig. 4 is a vertical central section of my improved barrel-stopper or hung, the line is k, Fig. 5, indicating the plane of section. Fig. 5 is a top view of the same, and Fig. 6 a side view of the key used for its extraction.

Similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding part-s.

My invention consistsin the improvement of bungs, as hereinafter fully described, and subsequently pointed out in the claims.

A in the drawing represents a barrel-bung made of wood or other suitable fibrous material, which will expand and contract to keep the bung-hole properly closed. B is a metal plate provided with a shank, a, which extends through the bung and is below the same fastened with a pin or wedge, B. d is a metal washer placed against the under side of the bung, so that the wedge bears against it. The bung is thus confined between the plates B and d, and thereby considerably strengthened. 1n the center the plate B is perforated, the aperture extending into the upper part of the shank a to form a cavity therein. This cavity is narrow at or near the top, and enlarged below, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4. A key, (J, having projecting lugs or ears 0 0, can be fitted through the narrow part of the cavity into the larger portion of the same, and then turned so that its cars will come under the shoulders f. By then pulling the key directly, or with the aid of a lever, the bung can be readily extracted. The same invention can be applied to bottle-stoppers, as is shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, in which the parts marked A, B", G, a, I), d, e, and f represent, respectively, theparts marked A, B, U, a, I), d, c, and f, in Figs. 4, 5, and 6.

I desire it to be understood that I do not confine myself to any shape or kind of instrument or key for extracting the bung, nor to the method of securing the shank a to the wood by means of a wedge or pin, as equivalent means for the same purpose may be devised.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A wooden bung, provided, as described, with metal plate B projecting over its top surface, and protruding into the middle thereof with its shank, so that the wood may not directly receive the impact of the driving-tool.

2. A bung, consisting of wood A, hollowshanked plate B a f, plate (I, and key (I, all constructed and arranged as described, to adapt it to be applied as set forth.

ALFRED MARSH.

Witnesses:

J OSEPH SPARKS, J osEPn MARSH. 

